Hub for wire wheels.



S. A. GUERIN.

HUB POR WIRE WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1911.

Patented sept. 3,1912

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- usually consists offthe hub proper or sleeve.

bearing therefor, fixed flange oilarge di'- v-heldin page/e against' this'flan'ge by an outer plate th pas.

t .frying out -the present invention a. "Wire *wheel hub can be appliedto such' a Woodenhub.

portion C and having a ilange'C1 at its 1n-.

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at Bristol,` En langd,v hlg' invented. .certain new and use 1l Improvements in Hubs for WrmWheelS, of which the following is a specification.

VThis invention is for improvements in or .relating to'hubs for wire Wheels for motor -vehicles". t According tojthis invention a wire-wheel hub is so constructed; that it can beireadillyfl applied to the, existing parts of a Woodenwheel hub. g As is -Well knowrra woodenwvheel hub that lits upon the shaft or accommodates a' ameter beingnprovided on the. inner or, vehiclejend of; the sleeve. .The spokes V'are ses over the sleeve and. is.

olted to the flange. Such a hubis un-`- suitable -for` 1"the accommodation f wire spokesand accrdingto one method oficarl'wheelvliub by mere y` removing vthe outer" plate with the spokes andfelly and substi-A tuting 'for the bolts'that secured this plate shorterbolts or rivets for securing the Iieyv In the accompanying drawing which' illustrates 'one method of carrying out 'this invention the original wooden hub'members are-'shownl in chain lines and the -newiprts The-'shaft A has ke ed upon it the' hub roper or sleeve B. 'llhis sleeve has o'n its inner end, that is the end toward the vehif' cle,"a flange Blof large diameterand ifthe wheelis a driving wheel the-flange is made in theform of a drum )nalin Ma bra-king surfaceBz. The outer end 'oliA he-slecve is screw-threaded at B to recelvmthe axlecap and a plate: Bthat is 'passed over the sleeve holds the wood spokes in vplace between it. and the 'flange B1, theplate being retained imposition bybolts and nuts B".

To apply the.wire\vheel hub accordln .to this invention thepla'te B, bolts anv nuts B vand thevwood spokes and felly are removed and a hub comprising'qn annular ner end is slid ove r the sleeve Ihe an nularl portion has;- one or more. internal 'nuts C which take The annular spokes D1 and D support nto t lthat they can beboredout to lit B. The flange -.C1 'Bl and is drilled to the sleeve lies against the flange receive short bolts and bolts and nuts B". t,

portionA C is made long enoughmto` provide a good wide base for the spokes and the oilter edge of the flange Cl is also turned inwardly toward thexehicle to` provide a spoke-receivin'gjjportioni'and thus the `hub ends'of which ,"as is Well known lesseutial giving lateral rigidity to a. l

f-for 1f. wheeli-z 1 `lng) which are made sutlciently deep` so `the place of the longer-A The internal, flanges Cenbe-streng/thi .if cned by webs C* .andqtheuter end fo'f the-L `annular member ,C may be screw-threaded to receive. a' covering cap E. A'I hese coverlng caps may be ma .if desired so that. should the sleeve shaft Abe exceptionally long'tcan commodatedby the depth of the cap. A Althoughit is preferred to use the origlnal holes inthe flange B1 for the bolts w their nuts Ca obviously other holes may be provided if desired andA rivets can be employed instead of boltsor screws.

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e and @time flfhe internal `flanges C2 give considerable `he hub and, as already explained, they are easily bored to .requisite dimensions so that all. that is necessary is to make them of sutlieient depth in the firstinstance so I 'smallest' sleeve B that they are likely to be that theycan be bored to tit the Arequired for and consequent-ly can be fur- Y .fther cut away forlarger sleeves;v l V By this inventidn therefore avset of wheels on a 4earcan be 'quicklyand cheaply 'conrted fromwood to 4Wire. .Where the r icking o f the wheels wou'ldtbefthrownout by the alteration, packing may be'inserted as required between the 1flanges B1 and Cf or the flange C? may bei otherwise distanced from thellange Blf.' A. 1' Any convenient form of felly may be' ein- `ployed Vwith this hub but as this constitutes no part of the-'present invention detailed- Kdescription is unnecessary.

sire to secure'by Letters tent is wir los) The combination with/afavheelhub piising a" sleeve and a detachable hub fitted on s a'id wheel 'hub and comprising n-annular portion spaced from I l l said s'lee'vgn'vvafljdly disposed radial Hg'es for securing the diskof the detachable hub `AAfizvrmed on said annular potivngar'ld havln to thevdisk of the wheel' hub, substantially t-h'e innen edges thereof {itin against sa'i as'deseribed. A -s'leeve {u lrtion; a radially dlsrosed flange In'testimony whereof'l have 'signed my i Viizvjortion .fitting against Said isk portionf name to'this specification in thepvres'ence of 15 I 1, api ormed integral v'with-said ga-n'nular pQrtion two subscribing witnesses. A Q-and having an annular flange on thexpe- SYDNEY ALLEN CURRIN.

riphery thereof; said annular flange and' Witnesses :v v fthe aamnulaxhxb.l portion adapted to have HARRY B. BRIDGES, nl lfvth*wheellgppkassecured thereto; and means PERCY Hwn'r.- 

